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Generation 1 · F-body platform · 1967–1969
First Generation
The answer to the Mustang — "a small, vicious animal that eats Mustangs."
Gen 1
Six generations
1967 through 2024 — the F-body years, the comeback, and the goodbye. Chronology steps across the deliberate 2003–2009 gap, when no Camaro was offered at all.
Gen 1
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Generation 2 · F-body platform · 1970–1981
Second Generation
Twelve years on one body — through the fuel crises, and out the other side a sales record.
Gen 2
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Generation 3 · F-body platform · 1982–1992
Third Generation
The IROC-Z decade — first hatchback, first fuel injection, first (and only) four-cylinder.
Gen 3
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Generation 4 · F-body platform · 1993–2002
Fourth Generation
LT1 then LS1 — Corvette power, a Quebec plant, and the end of the F-body.
Gen 4
No model year offered
2003 – 2009 · The gap
Camaro was cancelled with the F-body in 2002 and did not return until the 2010 model year. This is a fact of the catalog, not missing data — the chronology steps across it.
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Generation 5 · Zeta platform · 2010–2015
Fifth Generation
The comeback — a retro concept, a movie star, and the revival of ZL1 and Z/28.
Gen 5
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Generation 6 · Alpha platform · 2016–2024
Sixth Generation
The one that nailed it — and the one that said goodbye.
Gen 6